Environmentalists Jailed

November 26, 1985

VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Two environmentalists in Czechoslovakia have been jailed for criticizing state policy on acid rain, sources in Vienna said Monday. Pavel Krivka was sentenced to three years in prison on a charge of subversion for printing and distributing pamphlets critical of Prague's environmental plan, the sources said. He was also found guilty of smuggling the pamphlets to West Germany. Pavel Skoda was sentenced to 20 months in jail on a charge of incitement to rebellion for aiding Krivka in distributing the brochures. Emigre sources said it was the first time environmental activists in Czechoslovakia had been sentenced to prison. Both were tried last Thursday in eastern Bohemia.